Suppose the Widget Company has a capital structure composed of the following, in billions: Debt = Taka 30 million, Common equity = Taka 30 million. If the before-tax cost of debt is 9%, and the tax rate is 30%. The stock price of common share is Taka 30 in the last year the company paid a dividend of Taka 5 and it will grow at the rate of 5% for ever. What is Widget’s weighted average cost of capital? Now assume that company has a project that needs Taka 130 million and the company plans to maintain its present capital structure and needs to issue new common stocks and the flotation cost would be 15%. Using the concept of breakpoint estimate the new WACC for the company.

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  1. Suppose the Widget Company has a capital structure composed of the following, in billions: Debt = Taka 30 million, Common equity = Taka 30 million. If the before-tax cost of debt is 9%, and the tax rate is 30%. The stock price of common share is Taka 30 in the last year the company paid a dividend of Taka 5 and it will grow at the rate of 5% for ever. What is Widget’s weighted average cost of capital? Now assume that company has a project that needs Taka 130 million and the company plans to maintain its present capital structure and needs to issue new common stocks and the flotation cost would be 15%. Using the concept of breakpoint estimate the new WACC for the company.         
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